2018 Challenge Tour

2018 Challenge Tour season

Duration	22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) – 3 November 2018 (2018-11-03)
Number of official events	28
Most wins	Kim Koivu (3)
Rankings	Joachim B. Hansen
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The 2018 Challenge Tour was the 30th season of the Challenge Tour, the official development tour to the European Tour.

Schedule

The following table lists official events during the 2018 season. ^[1]

Date	Tournament	Host country	Purse (€)	Winner [a]	OWGR points	Other tours [b]	Notes
25 Mar	Barclays Kenya Open	Kenya	500,000	Lorenzo Gagli (1)	12
15 Apr	Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open	China	US$350,000	Kim Koivu (1)	9	CHN	New to Challenge Tour
29 Apr	Turkish Airlines Challenge	Turkey	200,000	Joachim B. Hansen (1)	12
6 May	Challenge de España	Spain	200,000	Oscar Lengdén (2)	12
13 May	Open de Portugal	Portugal	200,000	Dimitrios Papadatos (1)	12
20 May	Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9	Spain	200,000	Liam Johnston (1)	12
27 May	D+D Real Czech Challenge	Czech Republic	185,000	Kim Min-kyu (1)	12
3 Jun	Swiss Challenge	Switzerland	180,000	Marcel Schneider (1)	12
10 Jun	KPMG Trophy	Belgium	180,000	Pedro Figueiredo (1)	12
17 Jun	Hauts de France Golf Open	France	180,000	Stuart Manley (2)	12
24 Jun	SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge	Scotland	250,000	David Law (1)	12
1 Jul	Made in Denmark Challenge	Denmark	180,000	Joachim B. Hansen (2)	12
8 Jul	Prague Golf Challenge	Czech Republic	185,000	Ben Stow (1)	12
15 Jul	Italian Challenge	Italy	300,000	Sebastian Söderberg (2)	12
22 Jul	Le Vaudreuil Golf Challenge	France	210,000	Richard McEvoy (3)	12
29 Jul	Euram Bank Open	Austria	180,000	Darius van Driel (1)	12		New tournament
5 Aug	Swedish Challenge	Sweden	200,000	Oliver Wilson (1)	12
12 Aug	Vierumäki Finnish Challenge	Finland	180,000	Kim Koivu (2)	12
19 Aug	Galgorm Resort & Spa Northern Ireland Open	Northern Ireland	180,000	Calum Hill (1)	12
25 Aug	Rolex Trophy	Switzerland	250,000	Kim Koivu (3) [c]	12
2 Sep	Cordon Golf Open	France	230,000	Jack Singh Brar (1)	12
9 Sep	Bridgestone Challenge	England	180,000	Tom Lewis (1)	12
16 Sep	Kazakhstan Open	Kazakhstan	450,000	Liam Johnston (2)	13
23 Sep	Hopps Open de Provence	France	200,000	Romain Langasque (1)	12		New tournament
7 Oct	Monaghan Irish Challenge	Ireland	180,000	Oliver Wilson (2)	12
14 Oct	Hainan Open	China	US$350,000	Kalle Samooja (1)	13	CHN
21 Oct	Foshan Open	China	US$500,000	Victor Perez (2)	13	CHN
3 Nov	Ras Al Khaimah Challenge Tour Grand Final	UAE	420,000	Adri Arnaus (1)	17		Flagship event

Rankings

For full rankings, see 2018 Challenge Tour graduates.

The rankings were titled as the Road to Ras Al Khaimah and were based on tournament results during the season, calculated using a points-based system. ^{[3] [4]} The top 15 players on the rankings earned status to play on the 2019 European Tour. ^[5]

Rank	Player	Points
1	Joachim B. Hansen	222,320
2	Adri Arnaus	205,836
3	Victor Perez	194,236
4	Kalle Samooja	140,243
5	Sebastian Söderberg	140,167

Notes

1. The number in brackets after each winner's name is the number of Challenge Tour events they had won up to and including that tournament. This information is only shown for Challenge Tour members. It is rare for someone to accumulate many wins on the Challenge Tour as success at this level usually leads to promotion to the European Tour.
2. CHN − China Tour.
3. Koivu earned immediate promotion to the European Tour, as this was his third win of the season. ^[2]

References

1. "2018 Tournament schedule". European Tour. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. "Rolex Trophy win hands Koivu European Tour card". European Tour. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
3. "European Tour | This Week" (PDF). European Tour. 19 November 2018. p. 12. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
4. Jackson, Keith (3 November 2018). "Adri Arnaus snatches tense win at Challenge Tour Grand Final". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 August 2023. Hansen struggled to a closing 75 which dropped him into a share of 13th place, but that was enough to secure first place in the Road to Ras Al Khaimah rankings ahead of Arnaus and Perez, with Kalle Samooja and Sebastian Soderberg rounding off the top five.
5. Gray, Will (5 November 2018). "Hansen headlines 15 Challenge Tour graduates in Europe". Golf Channel. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

External links

• Official website